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When teams collaborate to intentionally design interfaces that people love to use and platforms that empower every individual, we have the potential to positively impact lives around the globe. In our increasingly connected world, there is no limit on the influence of software in molding and enhancing a more inclusive and supportive reality for the benefit of all people.

Services

Your web presence, perfected.

UX / UI Design

Intuitive, easy and beautiful. The most effective products and services are the easiest ones to use. Through A|B testing, focus groups and a user centered design process, I focus on making applications that people love to use.

WEB ENGINEERING

Availability, distribution and consistency. You want your content accessible instantly 24/7, and I know which tools will ensure it. Let me take care of the databases and distribution, servers and scalability so you can focus on making your customers happy.

Test Driven Development

"A goal without a plan is just a wish..." I begin development by first writing front and back end tests so I always have a clear path towards achieving specific design and data structure requirements that meet all of your needs.

TEAMWORK

Incredible projects are achieved when passionate and dedicated people continually engage in open communication. I'm honest about what I can do and what I need from you to make that happen, so let's have fun making awesome things together.

AGILE DEVELOPMENT

Rapid iteration, daily reflections and smart task management. Being agile means I set hourly goals, track specific accomplishments and continuously review progress. I get work done efficiently and effectively.

CONTENT CREATION

Search engine optimization, coordinated social media and print campaigns, live events. Whatever your mission, we'll work together to reach your audience and convert more customers through research and data based solutions.

Employment

My experience in different fields provide valuable skills from different industries and ultimately led me here to my true passion, digital design and development.

July 2017 - Present

At ezoic, an artifical intelligence and machine learning startup, I am rapidly expanding my skills. I work with go, php, react, angular and more on a daily basis to create scalable systems for a variety of customer and internal needs relating to systematically improving user experience, visualizing key business metrics and data tracking, manipulation and analysis.

March 2017 - Present

At the guidance of several professionals in the healthcare and entrepreneurship fields, I am working directly with a business and sales oriented co-founder, as we build an iOS app that helps people achieve mindfulness and presence in their daily lives through simple actions that help you joyously reconnect with the present moment. We are currently in pre-release testing, and I am creating the app using react-native and swift to design and develop

March 2017 - Present

During a 40 hour stretch we were tasked with creating an innovative solution to 5 challenge scenarios in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. I worked with a team to create www.heroanywhere.com, a movement to connect disaster volunteers with disaster relief organizers and community organizations, and now I'm developing the registration portal in node.js, express and postgreSQL.

2016-2018

et.simple connects verified web developers of all levels with clients who need their expertise. As more software is developed and more engineers enter the market, there is increasing demand to connect the right people with projects they're passionate about.

2009-2018

Designed and continually update e-commerce website that sees tens of thousands of dollars in yearly sales. Further, I built the online presence from no members to hundreds of engaged social media and email subscribers.

2013-2014

graphic designer | marketing

Hajim School of Engineering

I Designed web and print flyers, banners, cards and marketing images; expanded the social media brand presence; and updated the organization's website with upcoming events and opportunities.

2014-2015

RNA Lab Technician

Yu Lab, U of Rochester Biochemistry Department

While working under Dr. Yi-Tao Yu I carried out procedures to investigate the effects of pseudouridylation on the resiliency of rRna. My duties required strong attention to minute details, continual documentation and open comunication within a small team. Some of my daily activities included micropipetting hundreds of unique solutions, centrifuging, in vivo incubation, gel electrophoresis, blot analysis and data synthesis.

2014

Emergency Medical Technician

Lancaster EMS

In conjunction with the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences I trained and volunteered as an emergency medical technician where I learned the fundamental principles of how to care and transport the sick and injured.

2011 - 2013

Finance and Administration Assistant

Hajim School of Engineering

I served as Assistant to Director of Finance and Administration where I:
Maintained online encumbrances and payments database,
analyzed and reported financial data,
created monthly account summaries and investigated discrepancies.,
helped launch the online Bravo Chip employee excellence webpage, and
helped develop an online protocol wiki

2011 - 2013

Staff Writer

Lancaster Newspapers

I researched, wrote and edited local and national news stories at the discretion of the editor. I was paired with a staff journalist who mentored me on effective communication, meaningful inquisitions and understanding the unspoken. I learned to always be questioning, that my work can always be improved through collaboration with others and that people are excited to share their stories with you when you're genuinely interested.

Skills

I research, plan, and execute projects from start to finish in many languages and frameworks.

I'm an adaptable team member and leader that believes in the power of smart project management and full transparent communication.

HTML 5

CSS 4

Javascript

PHP

GO

Photoshop

Education

I'm a lifelong learner dedicated to learning and teaching every day.

2017

Software Engineering

Galvanize

Galvanize is a 21st century approach to higher education. I'm learning the technical software engineering tools needed to create complete web applications and sites through immersive engagement and practice. After six months I'll have a strong foundation in problem solving techniques, full-stack javascript frameworks such as: Node, Express, Angular and PostgreSQL (NEAP), and the understanding needed to learn and incorporate any programming language needed for specific projects.

2016

Digital Media Studies

University of Rochester

Rochester is the ideal place to explore the connections between digital technology, critical analysis, production, and innovation. Our digital media studies (DMS) major combines:
An interdisciplinary approach to the liberal arts
A tradition of expertise in imagining and entrepreneurship
Ties to the George Eastman Museum, the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the oldest film archives
A University-wide commitment to supporting digital technology and the arts
We believe that those who understand the history and theory of media will be better producers of them. Likewise, those who know how media are produced will be better able to analyze them.
As a result, DMS is one of the few majors in the nation that combines the study, analysis, and interpretation of media with its production.

“Live the life you love, love the life you live”

Server and Client Web Development To Meet Any Need

Every Line Of Code = World++

My Resume

MD5 Hackathon Winner

During a 40 hour stretch we were tasked with creating an innovative solution to 5 challenge scenarios in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. I worked with a team to create www.heroanywhere.com, a movement to connect disaster volunteers with disaster relief organizers and community organizations.

I formed a team with two other people at the hackathon who also came with an open mind and the desire to create something meaningful that will have useful and intuitive applications to those who need it most during a disaster. We followed the design thinking process by first diving deep into the personas of specific individuals in need through interviews with experts in the field (first responders, organizers from local, state and federal organizations, disaster victims volunteers and community service organizations), creating a list of their specific needs, researching existing solutions to those needs, and further brainstorming unique methods of solving the one specific need that didn't have a targeted solution.

Through extensive resaerch, brainstorming, mentorship and development, we created an idea that will save countless hours and stress during a disaster by streamlining the logistics and communication of managing relief volunteers. Hero Anywhere is a platform that enables citizens to easily create a volunteer profile filled with skills and service preferences so that relief organizers can easily understand what human and physical resources they have available at any given time as well as quickly deploy groups of skilled volunteers to specific incidents with a few taps.

Grain App iOS Development

www.grainapp.co
At the guidance of several professionals in the healthcare and entrepreneurship fields, I am working directly with a business and sales oriented co-founder, as we build an iOS app that helps people achieve mindfulness and presence in their daily lives through simple actions that help you joyously reconnect with the present moment. We are currently in pre-release testing, and I am creating the app using react-native and swift to design and develop an intuitive way to increase joy in everyday life.

Twitter Data Visualization

The page takes a moment to load, then click on the twitter icon and enter a search! I worked with a team of five other developers to create real-time visualizations of twitter searches and twitch chat rooms. I personally designed the algorithms to access and display twitter information, fixed bugs in the client side design, managed the github collaborative flow and deployed the project to heroku.

eMap News Parsing Visualization

Under the guidance of a digital art professor, eMap is a project I created to visualize the emotional values of news stories and plot them on a map with a color that represents the emotional tone of the article. This projected incorporated the Google Map API, local news from google and Yahoo! RSS Feed Parser API. For this project local news stories around Rochester, NY are collected and parsed through PHP and the Alchemy API then stored in a MySQL server. Upon visiting the site a Javascript program utilizes AJAX and PHP requests to dynamically visualize the articles on the page.